Ornamental tile.



I No. 7|4,838.

Patented Dec. 2, I902.. R. WAGNER. ORNAMENTAL TILE.

(Application filed May 28, 1902.\

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD WAGNER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

ORNAMEN TAL TILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,838, dated December 2, 1902. Application filed May 28, 1902. Serial No. 109,353- (No specimens.)

T0 at whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD WAGNER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ornamental Tiles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof. 1

My invention has relation to improvements in ornamental tiles; and it consists in the novel construction of tile more fully set forth in the specification, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the tile. Fig. 2 is a transverse section, on an enlarged scale, on line 2 2 of Fig. 1-; and Fig. 3 is an edge view of two juxtaposed tiles, showing manner of mounting the same to a wall.

The object of my invention is to produce an ornamental tile for walls, ceilings, and the like which will take the place of the prevailing marble tiles or their numerous imitations and artificial substitutes.

A further object is to produce a tile whose design can be readily altered, so that an aggregation of such tiles shall present a com- In detail the invention may be described as follows:

Referring to the drawings, 0 represents a suitable body portion or backing composed of a mixture of substantially one-third of fine sand, one-third Portland cement, and onethird sawdust, said composition readily hardening and forming a backing which is d urable, hard, and compact. Said backing is beveled rearwardly along its edges, so that when a series of such tiles are juxtaposed there is formed between each-adjacent pair of edges a V-shaped space for the reception of the composition composing the wall B on which the tiles are mounted. The composition of the wall B may be either the same as that of the backing O or any plastering compound capable of setting and hardening and at the same time cementing with the composition O,so that no other securing means shall be necessary to fasten the tile to the wall. (See Fig. 3.) The outer face of the backing O has secured thereto, by means of a layer of adhesive A, a sheet of paper P, carrying any suitable pattern D, said sheet being protected by means of a transparent plate of glass G, secured thereto by a layer of adhesive A, such adhesive being preferably a weak solution of calcium hydrate mixed with a small percentage (two to five) of gum-arabic-a solution which is perfectly transparent and in no way obstructing aclear view of the pattern printed on the sheet P.

I do not of course wish to be limited to the character of the composition composing the backing 0, nor to the composition of the sheet P, carrying the design, nor-to the character of the latter, nor to the character of the glass G, as all these may be departed from in a measure without affecting the nature or scope of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A tile comprising a suitable composition backing having rearwardly-beveled edges, a sheet secured to one face of the backing by suitable adhesive, and a transparent plate secured to said sheet, substantially as set forth.

2. As an article of manufacture a tile, comprising a backing composed of suitable hardening composition, and beveled along the edges thereof, a sheet of paper carrying an ornamental design, mounted on the outer face of the backing, a transparent plate of glass superposed over the pattern and a transparent layer of adhesive securing the glass plate to the pattern-sheet, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD WAGNER.

Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, G. L. BELFRY. 

